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Does Affective Contagion Promote Coherent Political Thinking

Year: 2009

Type: preprint

Abstract: We have previously demonstrated that subliminal (i. e., unnoticed) affective primes (smiley and frowning cartoon faces) influence the valence of thoughts that one recalls and these affect-elicited thoughts mediate the effect of the prior attitude on posterior attitude and on public policy evaluations (Erisen, Lodge, & Taber, 2008). We extend these findings by showing that the subliminal affective primes also alter the quality of thoughts by promoting causal links in political reasoning. Individuals are more likely to think in cause-and-effect chains when affective influences involve in thinking and reasoning on political issues and public policies.

Source: SSRN Electronic Journal

Authors: Cengiz Erişen, Milton Lodge, Charles S. Taber

Institutions: TOBB University of Economics and Technology, State University of New York, Stony Brook University

Language: English

Topic: Social and Intergroup Psychology

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1564086276

Cites: 39

Cited by: 1

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